Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/átta

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Likely a Lallwort, compare Proto-Turkic *ata, Proto-Uralic *attɜ, Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata.

Noun

*átta m

father
Synonyms: *ph₂tḗr, *tata-

Alternative reconstructions

Hypernyms

*ǵénh₁tōr (“parent”)

Descendants

Proto-Albanian: *ata
- Albanian: atë
Proto-Anatolian: *atta
- Hittite: 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attas)
- Lydian: 𐤠𐤯𐤠 (ata)
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *áta
- Proto-Slavic: *otъ, *ota, ⇒ *otьcь (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *attyos
- Old Irish: aite (“foster father, teacher, tutor”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *attô (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *átta
- Ancient Greek: ἄττα (átta)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *át(t)a
- Proto-Iranian: *át(t)a
  - Ossetian: ӕда (æda, “grandfather”)
  - Tajik: ота (ota, “father”)
- Sanskrit:
  - >? Assamese: (dialectal) আতা (ata, “grandfather”)
Proto-Italic: *atta
- Latin: atta (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “atta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60: “*h₂et-o-”

[EDL-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “atta”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60: “*h₂et-o-”

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